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• Located 75 miles south of San Francisco, the University of California, Santa Cruz is a public university that is one of ten schools in the University of California's higher education system.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1965
  2. Location: Santa Cruz, CA
  3. Chancellor: George Blumenthal
  4. Faculty: 769UC Santa Cruz: Statistics
  5. Student enrollment: 15,825UC Santa Cruz: Statistics
  6. Mascot: Banana Slug
  7. Motto: "Fiat Lux" (Latin for "Let there be light")
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• History

  A new general campus for the UC system in northern California was approved by the Regents in 1957. In 1961, the 2,000-acre Cowell Ranch site overlooking Monterey Bay was chosen. In 1965, the first class of 654 students attended the single liberal arts college, Cowell College, overseen by chancellor Dean E. McHenry.University of California Archives: History

  Today, UC Santa Cruz has ten colleges that offer 63 majors for undergraduates and 34 academic fields for graduate work. Over 15,000 students are enrolled at UCSC.UC Santa Cruz: [1]

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